| New King James Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1“And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish, | 1"This is what you are to do for them to consecrate them to serve me as priests. Take a young bull and two unblemished rams, |
| 2and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat flour). | 2with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers coated with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour, |
| 3You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams. | 3put them in a basket, and bring them in the basket, along with the bull and two rams. |
| 4“And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall wash them with water. | 4Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water. |
| 5Then you shall take the garments, put the tunic on Aaron, and the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the intricately woven band of the ephod. | 5Then take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe for the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastpiece; fasten the ephod on him with its woven waistband. |
| 6You shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban. | 6Put the turban on his head and place the holy diadem on the turban. |
| 7And you shall take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him. | 7Take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him. |
| 8Then you shall bring his sons and put tunics on them. | 8You must also bring his sons and clothe them with tunics. |
| 9And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons. | 9Tie the sashes on Aaron and his sons and fasten headbands on them. The priesthood is to be theirs by a permanent statute. This is the way you will ordain Aaron and his sons. |
| 10“You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull. | 10"You are to bring the bull to the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the bull's head. |
| 11Then you shall kill the bull before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting. | 11Slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting. |
| 12You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood beside the base of the altar. | 12Take some of the bull's blood and apply it to the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. |
| 13And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. | 13Take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar. |
| 14But the flesh of the bull, with its skin and its offal, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering. | 14But burn the bull's flesh, its hide, and its waste outside the camp; it is a sin offering. |
| 15“You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram; | 15"Take one ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram's head. |
| 16and you shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood and sprinkle it all around on the altar. | 16You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splatter it on all sides of the altar. |
| 17Then you shall cut the ram in pieces, wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and with its head. | 17Cut the ram into pieces. Wash its entrails and legs, and place them with its head and its pieces on the altar. |
| 18And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. | 18Then burn the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD. It is a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the LORD. |
| 19“You shall also take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram. | 19"You are to take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the ram's head. |
| 20Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar. | 20Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on Aaron's right earlobe, on his sons' right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the remaining blood on all sides of the altar. |
| 21And you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him; and he and his garments shall be hallowed, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him. | 21Take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle them on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. So he and his garments will be holy, as well as his sons and their garments. |
| 22“Also you shall take the fat of the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration), | 22"Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination); |
| 23one loaf of bread, one cake made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD; | 23take one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD; |
| 24and you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. | 24and put all of them in the hands of Aaron and his sons and present them as a presentation offering before the LORD. |
| 25You shall receive them back from their hands and burn them on the altar as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before the LORD. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD. | 25Take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is a fire offering to the LORD. |
| 26“Then you shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration and wave it as a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be your portion. | 26"Take the breast from the ram of Aaron's ordination and present it as a presentation offering before the LORD; it is to be your portion. |
| 27And from the ram of the consecration you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering which is waved, and the thigh of the heave offering which is raised, of that which is for Aaron and of that which is for his sons. | 27Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the presentation offering that is presented and the thigh of the contribution that is lifted up from the ram of ordination. |
| 28It shall be from the children of Israel for Aaron and his sons by a statute forever. For it is a heave offering; it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, that is, their heave offering to the LORD. | 28This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is a contribution. It will be the Israelites' contribution from their fellowship sacrifices, their contribution to the LORD. |
| 29“And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed in them and to be consecrated in them. | 29"The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they can be anointed and ordained in them. |
| 30That son who becomes priest in his place shall put them on for seven days, when he enters the tabernacle of meeting to minister in the holy place. | 30Any priest who is one of his sons and who succeeds him and enters the tent of meeting to minister in the sanctuary must wear them for seven days. |
| 31“And you shall take the ram of the consecration and boil its flesh in the holy place. | 31"You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place. |
| 32Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting. | 32Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance to the tent of meeting. |
| 33They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but an outsider shall not eat them, because they are holy. | 33They must eat those things by which atonement was made at the time of their ordination and consecration. An unauthorized person must not eat them, for these things are holy. |
| 34And if any of the flesh of the consecration offerings, or of the bread, remains until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy. | 34If any of the meat of ordination or any of the bread is left until morning, burn what is left over. It must not be eaten because it is holy. |
| 35“Thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Seven days you shall consecrate them. | 35"This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all I have commanded you. Take seven days to ordain them. |
| 36And you shall offer a bull every day as a sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it. | 36Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar when you make atonement for it, and anoint it in order to consecrate it. |
| 37Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy. | 37For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. The altar will be especially holy. Whatever touches the altar will be consecrated. |
| 38“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually. | 38"This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar every day: two year-old lambs. |
| 39One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight. | 39In the morning offer one lamb, and at twilight offer the other lamb. |
| 40With the one lamb shall be one-tenth of an ephah of flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering. | 40With the first lamb offer two quarts of fine flour mixed with one quart of oil from crushed olives, and a drink offering of one quart of wine. |
| 41And the other lamb you shall offer at twilight; and you shall offer with it the grain offering and the drink offering, as in the morning, for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. | 41You are to offer the second lamb at twilight. Offer a grain offering and a drink offering with it, like the one in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the LORD. |
| 42This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you. | 42This will be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you. |
| 43And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by My glory. | 43I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by my glory. |
| 44So I will consecrate the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will also consecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests. | 44I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. |
| 45I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God. | 45I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God. |
| 46And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I am the LORD their God. | 46And they will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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